Category: history
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โAn Intellectual Exchange: A Review of ๐ธ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐โ by James Kin Pong Au
Donald Keene and Shiba Ryลtarล (authors), Tony Gonzalez (translator),ย Edo Japan Encounters the World: Conversations Between Donald Keene and Shiba โฆ โAn Intellectual Exchange: A Review of ๐ธ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐โ by James Kin Pong Au
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Travels and Travails in Translation – Aesop’s Fables from Greek to Japanese to English
Peacock and Crane ใฏใธใฃใฏ ใ ใใซ ใ ใใซ ใซ ใใฆใใฏใญ ใฎ ใใ ใ ใใชใใพใใใ ใใใใ ใฏ ใใใใ ใฎ ใฏใญ ใงใใใใช ใซ ใใใ ใ ใใใฉใ ใใใชใ ใจ ใใใ ใคใฐใ ใฎ ใฉใ ใ ใฟใฆ ใ ใใใใช ใใ ใ ใใใใ ใชใใใญใ ใใใใจ ใใซ ใฏใ ใใงใ ใใใ ใฏใใใ ใฎ ใใใ ใจใใ ใพใง ใจใใง ใใใใฎใใ ใใใชใ ใชใใ ใใฏใใช ใจ ใใชใ ใงใใใใ…
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Violin: A Love Poem to the Spanish City of Oranges
Bohemian nights in Valencia where the gypsies shred violins into the coming dark “Rhythmic swells reverberate trough my lungs. The back streets of Valencia. Back street Europe. Romani enclaves and gypsy parts of town. We’ll sit here in theย Plaรงa de la Virgen with our stiff sangria, smartly bashful in red-faced delerium. For it is Spring…
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Fast Times at Ilium: The Glorious Lives & Deaths Homer’s Iliad
Keeping with the dualistic nature of Epic literature to be a hero requires great tragedy. One must all at once bring and preserve life while taking it. Within this text, war is clearly demarcated as a symbol of achieving glory.
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The Oh-So-Poetic Roshambeaux of Rome in the Thunder Dome: A Rise to a Fall.
The story of Rome is one of civilizations greatest epics. One of humanity’s greatest successes. And perhaps even greater failures. And thus, all at once perhaps its most tragic. In just over 500-centuries what began as a humble village, just a salty sea breeze away from the Mediterranean, calcified into a peal, a nucleus upon…
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Do You Shampoo? Curry? You Can Thank Sake Dean Mahomed – On Influential Muslims
I’m endlessly fascinated by the storied history and culture of food. If you think about it food, with all those various customs, colloquial nuances, simple and complex, erotic and understated, is truly our greatest and most intimate experience with the world around us.
Nicholas Andriani Rankin 